Bioinformatician Jobs
Bioinformatician jobs are open across pharmaceuticals, genomics, clinical research, and academic institutions, from entry-level analyst to principal scientist and research director, with specializations in genomics pipelines, structural bioinformatics, and computational proteomics. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Description
Data is vital to advance clinical knowledge across a spectrum of medical and surgical fields. Are you ready to transform data discoveries into valuable information, which will empower tomorrow's medicine? We invite you to consider and apply to this great opportunity today!
About the Team
The Kao Autoimmunity Institute (KAI) is the first institute of its kind on the West Coast and was founded in 2019 through a generous donation from the Kao Family Foundation. The Institute's mission is to advance the knowledge and treatment of autoimmune diseases through research driven by excellent patient care. The KAI's team strives to educate the next generation of autoimmunity‑focused clinical and translational investigators. To learn more, please visit the Kao Autoimmunity Institute (KAI) website.
About the Role
The Research Bioinformatician I will perform general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving in omics. The RB I member will manage omic data including loading and querying data from database systems and public repositories, and transforms and merges multilevel omic data into user-friendly formats. The incumbent assists in development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines for genome sequencing, provides daily bioinformatics data analysis, preliminary interpretation of the data, and reports of the results for possible publications.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for data analysis and software compilations including next generation sequence alignment, polymorphism identification, expression analysis, and visualization tools and browsers.
- Summarizes data analyses results in the form suitable as the basis for the first draft of written reports, and makes preliminary interpretations of the data.
- Assists with assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping using high-throughput sequencing platforms including 454, Illumina, and Pacific Biosciences.
- Manages and redefines data to the necessary formats.
- Helps to identify, evaluate, and incorporate relevant algorithms and software pipelines by reviewing pertinent literatures in bioinformatics and computational biology.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or relevant fields (e.g., Biology with strong quantitative training, Biostatistics with concentration in Bioinformatics) is required.
Experience:
- Experience in a research environment is highly preferred.
- Background and work knowledge in algorithms, scientific computing, and machine learning or statistics is preferred.
- Proficiency with C/C++, Java, Perl, python, and the Unix (Linux) environment.
- Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and annotating very large genomic (e.g. NGS) data sets, both in exploratory and pipelined fashions is highly preferred.
About Us
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
About the Team
Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve Quality Care and Research—For All, By All.
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.
Job Description
Data is vital to advance clinical knowledge across a spectrum of medical and surgical fields. Are you ready to transform data discoveries into valuable information, which will empower tomorrow's medicine? We invite you to consider and apply to this great opportunity today!
About the Team
The Kao Autoimmunity Institute (KAI) is the first institute of its kind on the West Coast and was founded in 2019 through a generous donation from the Kao Family Foundation. The Institute's mission is to advance the knowledge and treatment of autoimmune diseases through research driven by excellent patient care. The KAI's team strives to educate the next generation of autoimmunity‑focused clinical and translational investigators. To learn more, please visit the Kao Autoimmunity Institute (KAI) website.
About the Role
The Research Bioinformatician I will perform general bioinformatics analysis and software support for projects involving in omics. The RB I member will manage omic data including loading and querying data from database systems and public repositories, and transforms and merges multilevel omic data into user-friendly formats. The incumbent assists in development, testing, and maintenance of modular software pipelines for genome sequencing, provides daily bioinformatics data analysis, preliminary interpretation of the data, and reports of the results for possible publications.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for data analysis and software compilations including next generation sequence alignment, polymorphism identification, expression analysis, and visualization tools and browsers.
- Summarizes data analyses results in the form suitable as the basis for the first draft of written reports, and makes preliminary interpretations of the data.
- Assists with assembly, annotation, metagenomic analysis, and genotyping using high-throughput sequencing platforms including 454, Illumina, and Pacific Biosciences.
- Manages and redefines data to the necessary formats.
- Helps to identify, evaluate, and incorporate relevant algorithms and software pipelines by reviewing pertinent literatures in bioinformatics and computational biology.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or relevant fields (e.g., Biology with strong quantitative training, Biostatistics with concentration in Bioinformatics) is required.
Experience:
- Experience in a research environment is highly preferred.
- Background and work knowledge in algorithms, scientific computing, and machine learning or statistics is preferred.
- Proficiency with C/C++, Java, Perl, python, and the Unix (Linux) environment.
- Experience in manipulating, analyzing, and annotating very large genomic (e.g. NGS) data sets, both in exploratory and pipelined fashions is highly preferred.
About Us
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
About the Team
Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve Quality Care and Research—For All, By All.
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in bioinformatician jobs.
- Proficiency in Python or R for genomic data analysis and pipeline development
- Experience with sequence alignment tools such as BWA, STAR, or HISAT2
- Familiarity with cloud or HPC environments including AWS, Google Cloud, or SLURM clusters
- Master's or PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, or a closely related field
- Knowledge of variant calling workflows and annotation databases such as ClinVar or dbSNP
- Understanding of statistical methods for differential expression or genome-wide association studies
Tips for Your Bioinformatician Job Search
Tailor your resume to pipeline tools
Hiring managers scan for specific tools before reading anything else. List every pipeline framework you've used, such as Nextflow, Snakemake, or Galaxy, alongside the languages, so your resume clears automated screening before a human ever sees it.
Show reproducible code in your portfolio
Attach a public repository link to your resume so reviewers can inspect real work. Bioinformatician hiring committees weight demonstrated code quality, documentation habits, and version control discipline heavily, especially when candidates have similar degrees and publication records.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists bioinformatician openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Read postings for data scale signals
Job descriptions that mention cloud HPC, petabyte-scale datasets, or specific cloud platforms signal a different technical environment than a bench-adjacent role. Match your cover letter language to those signals so reviewers immediately see you've worked at comparable data volumes.
Prepare a whiteboard analysis walkthrough
Many bioinformatician interviews include a live problem where you narrate your analytical choices on RNA-seq or variant-calling data. Practice explaining your quality-control decisions out loud, not just your final outputs, because interviewers are evaluating reasoning as much as results.
Negotiate start date around access timelines
Controlled-access datasets like dbGaP or institutional biobanks can take weeks to provision. If your first project depends on restricted data, raise expected access lead times during offer negotiation so your ramp-up timeline is realistic from day one.
Bioinformatician Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most bioinformaticians?
The companies hiring the most bioinformaticians right now include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and Henry Ford Health, with the largest share of openings in California, Michigan, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Contract and full-time openings are both represented across these employers.
How many bioinformatician jobs are remote?
About 0% of bioinformatician openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for computational roles that don't require a physical lab presence. Pipeline development, data engineering, and software-focused bioinformatics positions tend to have the highest remote availability compared to roles tied to wet-lab collaboration.
How do you become a bioinformatician?
Most bioinformaticians start by building a foundation in molecular biology alongside programming, typically through a degree in biology, computer science, or a combined bioinformatics program. From there, you develop hands-on skills in sequence analysis and statistical computing, contribute to open-source tools or research projects, and build a portfolio of reproducible pipelines before applying to entry-level analyst or research scientist roles.
How do you get hired as a bioinformatician with little experience?
Focus on demonstrating computational skills through public work rather than relying on job titles. Publish annotated notebooks or pipeline scripts analyzing publicly available datasets from repositories like GEO or SRA. Entry-level roles at contract research organizations and genomics core facilities are more accessible than pharma positions and often serve as a practical bridge to roles requiring more independent research experience.
What does the bioinformatician interview process look like?
A typical bioinformatician interview includes an initial screening call, a technical assessment involving a coding or analysis task on genomic or sequencing data, and a final round with the research or engineering team. Some employers add a presentation where you walk through a past project. Interviews test both biological domain knowledge and software engineering practices such as testing, documentation, and version control.
Where can I find and apply to bioinformatician jobs?
You can find and apply to bioinformatician jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and specialization, and apply directly to each listing without being redirected to separate employer portals.
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